Well I am 25 years old, have a good job working for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as a computer programmer and currently make 56k a year coming right out of college...

Well I have always had a passion to fly, and to this day I still can't figure out why I didnt take that career path. Everytime i fly commerical I am like a kid in a candy shop and would give my left arm for 5 minutes in the cockpit. Just the thought of flying and hearing pilots take to ATC gets me excited...

So I am trying to decided what to do... I spoke to many airline pilots because I do alot of traveling for my work. The ones i spoke to told me not to get into the field because crappy pay, never home, and the whole senority system is junk...

From what i have gathered from reading other posts it sounds like the airline industry is not a good field.... So here I am stuck... I do want to be a pilot but i am having a hard time decide if it something i should just do as a recreational type thing? Get training on my own and fly whenever I can or so it something I should purse as a career and give up a job making good money?

I know only I can anwser this question but i was looking for any feedback anyone else had.

Thank you.